About me
KARISMATIC@HOTMAIL.CO.UK
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I'm an artist from north London, with a love for printmaking, and a keen interest in ceramics;
I have produced lettering - a lot of (custom Script) hand lettering, with a little sign writing - and I enjoy calligraphy, typography and graphic design.
I am an experienced illustrator (mainly hand-drawn, some digital), and have experience working as a tattoo artist, and a BA (Hons) in VCD: illustration.
I also was awarded a 1st for my dissertation;
"The renowned work of Corinne Day is acclaimed as arguably some of the world’s most influential fashion photography. Day’s intimate, atmospheric and even challenging approach to portraiture and fashion photography was received as extremely unconventional in the early 1990s. The style of her infamous magazine editorial work that featured supermodel Kate Moss, was accused of glamorizing anorexia, drug-use and even paedophilia – and was coined by the media as ‘Heroin Chic’. Was Day’s early work a compelling, ‘new-wave’ style of fashion photography sensationalized by the media, or did Day’s work in photography purely exploit and glamorize drug addiction and the under-class? ”, on BA (Hons) VCD: illustration.
As a diploma student at London College of Fashion, my Final Piece was selected for accessories exhibition for handbag design called ‘The Big Bag Show’, in 2005.
Recently, I have started my journey with producing music formally, and had been learning the electric bass guitar for over a decade. I have been learning how to play the acoustic guitar, drumming, and how to sound engineer;
I have experience, with long-term interest and experimentation, in music production and DJing.
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⌑ behance.net/KarisBenjamin/
⌑ soundcloud.com/karisben
⌑ linkedin.com/in/karis-matic-880266235
⌑ gumroad.com/karismatic/follow
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Projects
- 'UNMASKED' --- An art exhibition at The Rag Factory, Brick Lane, east London --- from 7th May to 10th May, 2009:⌑⌑⌑ An independently created, organised, curated, financed, and promoted, art exhibition, by nine illustration graduate artists; the exhibition featuring the illustrative works of myself, and artists: Sam Gray, Cristian Ortiz, Renaldho Pelle, Alice Mazzilli, Jonathan Lam, Juan-Carlos Cambon, Kila Carr-Ince and Matthew Frame. ⌑⌑⌑ http://karismatic-art.blogspot.com/2009/11/unmasked-may-2009.html
Work history
VolunteerHouse of Illustration
- London, United KingdomPart Time
Gallery invigilator,
gift shop sales assistant,
and primary school educational workshop assistant.
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IllustratorInternational Times Magazine
- London, United KingdomFreelance
Commission for my illustration to feature in the ‘Decolonsing Our Minds’ issue of International Times Magazine editorial, in 2016.
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Skills
- Tattoo Design
- Sign Writer
- Music Making
- Illustration
- Customer Service
- Fashion Retail
- Retail Sales
- Art
- Photoshop
- Art Galleries
Education
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BA(Hons) IllustrationMiddlesex University
- London, United Kingdom
DiplomaLondon College of Fashion, UAL
- London, United Kingdom
Awards
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AQA Unit Award Scheme Certificate for Playing The DrumsRaw Material Music & Media
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ncfe Level 3 Key Skills in CommunicationMiddlesex University
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